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Category Archives: Newspaper ad

Looking at the circulation figures of USSPI I found an interesting factoid. Look at the table below: Focus in on the McHenry County line. 110,000 households. The information shows what percentage of the households receive the Chicago Sun-Times and Tribune … Continue reading →

When I pulled my Chicago Tribune out of the plastic bag and put it on the kitchen counter, you see what I saw: From my point of view, this is where ads are placed to interfere with my reading the … Continue reading →

Today’s Message of the Day is a Hobby Lobby newspaper ad. It ran in both newspapers we subscribe to, the Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago Tribune. Hobby Lobby wears its Christian leanings on its sleeve, so to speak. Listen to … Continue reading →

Hobby Lobby is an unabashed Christian store. Christian songs are played on the craft store’s PA system. On Easter it publishes full-page Christian ads. You see this year’s above. The message was HE DIED WE LIVE Click on the image … Continue reading →

The Aurora Beacon-News was the first to complain about a bill that would eliminate some legal advertising. Now, the Bloomington Pantagraph has taken up the drumbeat. In response, Rich Miller at his Capitol Fax Blog floated an idea that should … Continue reading →

One of things keeping small newspapers alive is legal advertising. Think of the publication of real estate assessments. That’s the big one. It was twenty cents a line way back when I knew such prices. Now, a legislator has been … Continue reading →

A really irritating one. OK. I shouldn’t complaint because I don’t subscribe to the Northwest Herald. That’s a valid point of view. But within the last week a translucent yellow ad has popped up as I go the NW Herald … Continue reading →

A really irritating one. OK. I shouldn’t complaint because I don’t subscribe to the Northwest Herald. That’s a valid point of view. But within the last week a translucent yellow ad has popped up as I go the NW Herald … Continue reading →